on Tue, Sep 24, 2002, Leo Spalteholz (leo@thewoodpecker.ca) wrote:
> Quoting Christoph Claus <chr-debuser@lux.dnsalias.net>:
> > Hi Leo,
> >
> > > Is there a way to get this on a disk or something? I dont have any
> > > system up right now..
> >
> > http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/user/76201/gpart/
> >
> > You can boot from boot-floppy, your debian-CD, ...
> Or the Knoppix cd!! That thing dominates! I just booted from that, got a
> nice KDE3 desktop, internet works to download gpart.. Can even listen to a
> few tunes while my hard drive gets (hopefully) unf*cked.
>
> Much nicer than any boot floppy.
With the possible exception that the Knoppix disk won't fit in the
sleeve of your Palm Pilot like the LNX-BBC does.
That said, Knoppix is indeed cool.
For the original poster or anyone else reading: this is a damned good
reason to keep track of your original partition table.
I've written a script which does this, as well as extracting other
useful system information. Park the output on a printout, floppy, or
your website (well away from the partition you're planning to damage).
http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Download/system-info
The 'si' package is similar, though it doesn't do a good job of
capturing partition information, IMO.
Peace.
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